DEIMOS
what tried to destroy you
didn't have the strength
didn't have the strength
He could only nod at Evie’s assertion, with no need to ponder over why this festival felt worse. His gaze swept over the rest of their constituents time and time again, looking for any signs of danger, treachery, ruin, before it narrowed and meandered along treetops and shadows. Uncertain, apprehensive, and eternally on alert – as if he were back on the battlefield, waiting for the enemy to make it over the rise.
Then there were other things – Alys launching herself over a bonfire, Noah taking a step away from Hotaru, some other woman shouting over the expanse, and his nerves felt amplified. A muffled, sort of strangled yell hastened its way through his chest and barely out of his mouth, teeth and jaw tightly clenched. “Sorry,” he managed to stifle through to Evie, who’d probably be the only victim of it. “I did not -,” what – want to do it? Try? The Sword shook his head, striving to clear the bedlam ricocheting along his mind. “Something is off.”
Then there were other things – Alys launching herself over a bonfire, Noah taking a step away from Hotaru, some other woman shouting over the expanse, and his nerves felt amplified. A muffled, sort of strangled yell hastened its way through his chest and barely out of his mouth, teeth and jaw tightly clenched. “Sorry,” he managed to stifle through to Evie, who’d probably be the only victim of it. “I did not -,” what – want to do it? Try? The Sword shook his head, striving to clear the bedlam ricocheting along his mind. “Something is off.”
still you stand
sturdy and smelling of smoke
sturdy and smelling of smoke
